"Young people, don't get the idea that you have an artistic temperament which must be humored. Don't believe you cannot do good work unless you feel in tile mood for it. That is all nonsense. I frequently have to force myself to make a start in the morning; but after a short while I find I can work. Only hard and regular work will bring success."

-- Howard Pyle

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“Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.”
“Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 14, 2016
“Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle.”
“There are a lot of bitter people out there who have got jobs that they hate and the key to life for me is doing something you love doing.”

Source : "Interview: Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan". Interview with Samantha Peliza, uk.askmen.com.
“The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character.”
“Even in this place one can survive, and therefore one must want to survive, to tell the story, to bear witness; and that to survive we must force ourselves to save at least the skeleton, the scaffolding, the form of civilization. We are slaves, deprived of every right, exposed to every insult, condemned to certain death, but we still possess one power, and we must defend it with all our strength for it is the last â€” the power to refuse our consent.”

Source : Primo Levi (1996). “Survival In Auschwitz”, p.41, Simon and Schuster
“Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.”
“I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.”

Source : "Garfield Hits the Big Screen". Interview with Rachel Laskow, www.scholastic.com.

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